Qur'an 34:16

القرآن 34:16

Qur'an 34:16 (sura Saba, verse 16).

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فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَىْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ

Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse

But they were froward, so We sent on them the flood of 'Iram, and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree.— Marmaduke Pickthall

Summary

Verse 16 of Surat Saba, a Meccan surah. Scholars connect its revelation to Flood of al Aram. 1

Place in the museum

Its place: verse 16 of 54 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.

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Revealed about
The Flood of al-Arim (the Bursting of Maʾrib Dam)
Part of
Sura 34: Saba

Sources

  1. Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  • Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
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